The Bridge Church of the Nazarene
Sunday, May 2, 2021
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Locations & Times
The Bridge
1298 Kukila Pl, Honolulu, HI 96818, USA
Friday 1:00 PM
Sermon Title: How to Make Sense of Life (Gen 15:1-21)
The Bottom Line
Religion, Relationship, and Ritual are 3 Marks of Healthy Christianity.
Religion, Relationship, and Ritual are 3 Marks of Healthy Christianity.
Gen 15:1-21
15:1 After these things Adonai’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
2 Abram said, “My Lord, God, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 Abram said, “Look, you have given no children to me: and, see, one born in my house is my heir.” 4 Sure enough, Adonai’s word came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir, but he who will come out of your own body will be your heir.” 5 Adonai brought him outside, and said, “Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” He said to Abram, “So your offspring will be.” 6 He believed Adonai, and he considered it his righteousness. 7 He said to Abram, “I am Adonai who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.” 8 He said, “My lord Adonai, by what shall I know that I will inherit it?”
9 He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” 10 He brought him all these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn’t divide the birds. 11 The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. 12 When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Then, terror and great darkness fell on him. 13 He said to Abram, “Know for sure that your offspring will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.
14 I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great wealth; 15 but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried at a good old age. 16 In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the wickedness of the Amorite is not complete to this point.” 17 When the sun went down and it was dark, sure enough, a smoking furnace and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. 18 On that day Adonai made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I have given this land to your offspring, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates: 19 the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, 20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, 21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”
15:1 After these things Adonai’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
2 Abram said, “My Lord, God, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 Abram said, “Look, you have given no children to me: and, see, one born in my house is my heir.” 4 Sure enough, Adonai’s word came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir, but he who will come out of your own body will be your heir.” 5 Adonai brought him outside, and said, “Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” He said to Abram, “So your offspring will be.” 6 He believed Adonai, and he considered it his righteousness. 7 He said to Abram, “I am Adonai who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.” 8 He said, “My lord Adonai, by what shall I know that I will inherit it?”
9 He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” 10 He brought him all these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn’t divide the birds. 11 The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. 12 When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Then, terror and great darkness fell on him. 13 He said to Abram, “Know for sure that your offspring will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.
14 I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great wealth; 15 but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried at a good old age. 16 In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the wickedness of the Amorite is not complete to this point.” 17 When the sun went down and it was dark, sure enough, a smoking furnace and a flaming torch passed between these pieces. 18 On that day Adonai made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I have given this land to your offspring, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates: 19 the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, 20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, 21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”
Word of the Week
Epistemology - The study of how we know.
Epistemology - The study of how we know.
Connections between Abram’s Prexodus and The Exodus
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City of bricks to Land of God: Gen 11:1-9 / Ex 5
Famine forces living in Egypt: Gen 12:10 / Gen 42-46
Escape after plagues on Pharaoh: Gen 12:10—13:4 / Ex 7—12
Made rich by stay in Egypt: Gen 13:2 / Ex 12:35-38
Lack of resources & conflict: Gen 13:5-18 / Ex 15:22—17:7
Journey by stages: Gen 13:3 / Ex 17:1
Battle, victory over Amalekites: Gen 14:1-16 / Ex 17:8-16
Appearance of Priest: Gen 14:18-20 / Ex 18
Covenant Ritual: Gen 15 / Ex 19—24
3-day trip & sacrifice on a mt.: Gen 22 / Ex 8:23
A son is passed over: Gen 22 / Ex 12
God reaffirms promises: Gen 22 / Ex 19—24
Heirs oppressed around 400 years: Gen 15:9-17 / Ex 1—40
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City of bricks to Land of God: Gen 11:1-9 / Ex 5
Famine forces living in Egypt: Gen 12:10 / Gen 42-46
Escape after plagues on Pharaoh: Gen 12:10—13:4 / Ex 7—12
Made rich by stay in Egypt: Gen 13:2 / Ex 12:35-38
Lack of resources & conflict: Gen 13:5-18 / Ex 15:22—17:7
Journey by stages: Gen 13:3 / Ex 17:1
Battle, victory over Amalekites: Gen 14:1-16 / Ex 17:8-16
Appearance of Priest: Gen 14:18-20 / Ex 18
Covenant Ritual: Gen 15 / Ex 19—24
3-day trip & sacrifice on a mt.: Gen 22 / Ex 8:23
A son is passed over: Gen 22 / Ex 12
God reaffirms promises: Gen 22 / Ex 19—24
Heirs oppressed around 400 years: Gen 15:9-17 / Ex 1—40